Maybe if Ollie was ever shown cheating on someone besides Dinah, so many wouldn't hate that quality in him...?
It might happen too often, but I like Ollie having cheated. He wears his heart on his sleeve more than any other hero and often goes with his gut only to regret it later. No stranger to self-loathing either. I don't need those to be his primary traits but I'm more comfortable in indulging his flaws than pretty much any other hero.
I find it funny how people argue that Oliver being a cheater "makes him more complex" when the first instance of him doing that was a writer treating him being raped as consensual sex.
That was the one storyline I HATED from Winick, and it was his first one.
Straight into cheating on Dinah with Black Lightning's never-before mentioned niece.
He got better once he moved away from the 'Ollie is a serial cheater' thing, but those issues pissed me off.
"My name is Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive!"
I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.
Which Ollie also recognized that he wanted it and later slept together.
Yes.And were he and Dinah even together when the thing with Black Lightning's niece happend?
... Later being revealed that it was consentual which in hindsight it fits.
I liked the explanation that J.T. Krul gave about how Ollie does it subconsciously (in part) because he learned it from his father when he was little which also explains his self-hatred.
Last edited by Rakzo; 10-20-2021 at 04:08 AM.
Retconning a rape into consensual sex because people don't think men can be raped isn't exactly the pinnacle of good writing. And considering it was revealed in a Blackest Night tie-in of all things - a book not well known for good exploration of character - I can't see how anyone could take it seriously.
It's not Oliver cheating was always a part of his character anyway nor is it even all that complex (that word truly keeps losing more and more meaning).
I doubt it was about "men can't be raped" and more like "Ollie wanted to have sex with Shado".
For the most part it was.And considering it was revealed in a Blackest Night tie-in of all things - a book not well known for good exploration of character - I can't see how anyone could take it seriously.
It definitely adds to his character.It's not Oliver cheating was always a part of his character anyway nor is it even all that complex (that word truly keeps losing more and more meaning).